2021 Outlook: What’s Next for Behavioral Health?
Overall the behavioral healthcare industry weathered the COVID-19 storm more favorably than other healthcare sectors in 2020 due to an increased demand for its services as mental health concerns ballooned. 2020 saw many Americans facing heightened stress, anxiety, depression, and substance abuse issues as a direct result of the isolation, job loss, economic stress, home-schooling and less social interaction that accompanied the pandemic.